Sack-holder



` No. 6I|,498. Patented Sept. 27, !898.

M. `A. LYON.

SACK HOLDER (Application filed Aug. 17, 897

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611`,498, datedseptenber 27, 1898..

Application filed August 17, 1897. Serial No. 6453550. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, MONTY A. LYON, of Wisdom, in the county of BeaverHead and State of Montana, have invented a new and ImprovedSack-I-Iolder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved sach-holderwhich is simple and durable in construction and arranged to permit ofConveniently placing the sack in position to support the same during thefilling operation, the holder also permitting of readily shaking thesack whenever it is desired to do so.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims. p i

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forning a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indi- 4 cate correspondingparts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a similarview of the same, with the sack in place and the ends of the bandreleased. Fig. 3 is a like view of the spring-band, with the sack inplace for shaking the contents thereof 5 and Fig. 4 is an enlargedperspective View of the spring-band in an open position.

The improved sach-holder is provided with a segmental spring-band A,formed at one end with a hook A', adapted to engage an aperture A in theother end of the band, so that by pressing the band the latter is formedinto a circle, and the ends are fastened together to hold the bandtemporarily in circular shape for placing the sack material at the mouthof the sack upon the said band. When this has been done, the two ends ofthe band are disconnected by unhooking the hook `A' from the aperture Ato allow the band to open by its own resiliency andfirmly engage themouth of the sack, so as to securely support the same, as is plainlyindicated in Figs. 2 and 3.

On the band A and at or near the middle thereof is Secured a hook B,having its members extendin g first inwardly a short distance and thencurved upwardly and outwardly, as is plainly indicated in the drawings,to allow of readily placing the mouth 'of the sack inwardly over thatpart of the band A on the inside of which the hook B is fastened.

The hook B is adapted to engage one of a series of supports O, formedone above the other within a channeled standard D, secured on its lowerend on a platform E, on which is adapted to rest the lower end of thesack F, held with its mouth on the band A, as pre- Viously explained.The hook B is of such a length that when it is hooked upon thecorresponding support C then the band A rests on the edges of the saidmembers of the standard D to hold the band approximately in a horizontalposition in front of the standard directly above the platform E, as isplainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The hook B is engaged with thecorresponding support C according to the height or length of the sack,so that'the lower end thereof rests on the platform during the time thesack is filled.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described the hook B can bereadily disconnected from its corresponding support O whenever desired,and then the operator by taking hold of the sides of the portions of thesack engaging the band can shake the sack so'that its contents canproperly settle therein, after which the hook can be again Convenientlyattached to the corresponding support C to'complete the fillingoperation of the sack. When this has been done, the operator presses thesides of the band A to again engage the hook'A" with the aperture A andtemporarily lock the ends of the band together for Conveniently removingthe mouth of the sack from the band A. The filled sack'is then removedfrom the platform and another empty sack is placed in position on theband, and the above-described operation is repeated-that is, the ends ofthe band are disconnected after the sack material is engaged with theband, as previously described, to allow the band to open up by its ownresiliency and take a firm hold of the mouth of the sack at the insidethereofi Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secure' by Letters Patent-- a 1. A holder for sacks and otherarticles, comprising a standard having a central support and sidemembers between which said sisting of a band adapted to engage a sack or.the like at the mouth and engaging the side members of the standard,said. holder proper being provided with an attaching devioe adapted toengage the support.

2. A sack-holder comprising a channeled standard provided with supportslocated one above the other between the members of the standard, and aspring-band having a hook adapted to engage one of the said supports,with' the spring-band 'in contact with the members of the said channeledstandard, substantially as shown and described.

3. A holder for sacks and other articles, comprising a standard havingupright side members and supports located above one another in thespacebetween the said members,

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and a holder proper consisting of a band engaging said side members andprovided with an attaching device adapted to engage one of saidsupports.

4. A sack-holder, consisting of .a channeled standard provided Withbook-like supports arranged one above the other in the channel of thestandard, and a spring-band for enga ing the mouth of a sack tohold itopen, said band being provided at its middle with a hook for engagingone of the supports of the standard, the hook being first bent inwardlyand then upwardly and outwardly, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

i MONTY A. LYON. Witnesses:

JOHN WEIGHT, NELS NELsoN.

